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The tag 'ai crawling' on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about how AI crawlers interact with websites, particularly in the context of Microsoft's push for publishers to make their sites legible to AI bots rather than blocking them. Content under this tag explores the tension between protecting content and enabling AI-driven discovery, with Microsoft arguing that blocking AI crawlers risks losing visibility in AI-powered search and recommendation systems. The tag includes analysis of how site owners can balance openness with control over their content, reflecting broader debates in the tech industry about the economics of the open web and the role of AI in content distribution.
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    Microsoft Urges Publishers to Make Sites AI-Legible, Not Bot-Blocked

    Microsoft is urging publishers and retailers to stop treating AI crawlers as intruders and start making their sites readable to bots, after Nikhil Kolar, Microsoft AI’s vice president of publisher product, argued at AdExchanger’s Programmatic AI event in Las Vegas that blocking agents risks...
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